A seamstress from Worcester has revealed some of her favourite tips when it comes to up-cycling the clothes you already have in your wardrobe.
Lucy Ackehurst, owner of Zip Yard of Pump Street, started seamstressing 22 years ago and has given thousands of clothes a new sense of life through tailoring.
During the cost of living crisis people are looking towards upcycling their current wardrobe instead of buying new clothes.
And Mrs Ackehurst, 36, revealed some of her best tips on how to transform old clothes into something quite trendy.
Mrs Ackehurst said: "It's important for people to shop in their own wardrobe and look at ways to love your clothes again.
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"What you have already might be out of date, but adding things to them and giving them a new flare can give it a new sense of life.
"You could tie-dye your shirt if you got a bleach stain on it or you could add fringes around your jeans.
"And make the item of clothing into a new design and add a unique twist on your clothes.
"I think we should all be able to sew, but it is a dying trade.
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"Our grandmothers learned it's a shame people don't know how to do it anymore.
"Kids should come out of school knowing how to sew on a button.
"There is nothing better than someone complimenting the jeans you've embroidered yourself. It's such a heart-warming feeling."
Visible Mending
Visible Mending is an ornamental approach to repairing an item, rather than trying to hide the damaged area, the goal is to highlight these imperfections in a creative way.
And Mrs Ackehurst's said visible mending is quite popular among her customers.
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She said: "We can add embroidered pads to clothes to clothes that have been damaged.
"It's almost making a show of it.
"We have one woman who comes in and asks for visible mending specifically ".
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Go For It
Another tip from Mrs Ackehurst would be to just go for it.
Mrs Ackehurst said: "Don't be afraid, go for it.
"If you don't love the item at the moment anyway, you could have a go at adding some embroidery to it".
Soft Fabrics
People hoping to use things around the house could even transform a pair of old curtains into some new cushion covers.
Mrs Ackehurst also said a cutout square from the curtain could also be sewn onto an old pair of jeans to give them a unique edge.
"Buying clothes from a charity shop for a good price is a good way to practice embroidery."
Add embellishments
Mrs Ackehurst said: "If you're new to all of this, you can buy pre-made embroidered patterns to sew on to your jeans or other clothes.
"You could tie-dye your old-shirts, I used to do that a lot in the 90s and 00s."
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